8fish Sponsors 2009 Utah American Advertising Federation ADDY® Awards

March 16, 2009 - PRLog -- 8fish, an award-winning creative production studio in Sandy, Utah, was a prominent sponsor at this year’s Utah American Advertising Federation ADDY Awards. The awards recognize creative excellence in all forms of advertising. The gala and banquet took place at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, February 28, 2009.

Over 400 entries from 36 Utah advertising agencies were submitted for the competition. To showcase the winners, 8fish produced an hour-long video presentation interspersed with entertaining animated “commercials” featuring imaginary inventions designed to help those in the advertising industry. Some of these inventions included the Mega-Blaster Client Attitude Adjuster Ray, the Stupefying Galvanic Brainstorm Accelerator Helmet and the Subatomic Creative Director Ego Minimizer. To view the commercials, go to http://www.8fish.com/steam.

"The 8fish presentation was superb and may very well be our best to date,” said Jeff Olsen, the Utah American Advertising Federation President. "The 2009 ADDY Gala and Banquet was a huge success. The AAF-Utah is grateful to all of the sponsors that helped in making the event successful,” said Marcia Winn, the 2009 ADDY Committee Chairperson. “This year's winners video, prepared by 8fish, was fun; the clever commercials were entertaining and I received many compliments from attendees on how much they enjoyed the video."

“We put in a lot of long hours to pull the presentation together, but it was all worth it in the end,” said Ernie Harker, 8fish’s President. “We received tremendous positive feedback on the show and we’re looking forward to participating again next year.”

Two-hundred and forty people attended the event, with 19 agencies receiving awards. Over 170 awards were handed out. The ADDYS are the only creative awards program administered by the advertising industry for the industry.

About 8fish
8fish is an award-winning creative production studio established in 1995. 8fish employs exceptional video editors, producers, directors, animators, designers, and illustrators to create world-class entertainment and effective marketing materials. 8fish is the producer of two reality shows: Maverik Kick Start, already in its second season, and Xtreme Tourist, which will begin airing in October 2009.

About the ADDY Awards
With over 60,000 entries annually, the ADDY Awards are the world's largest and arguably toughest advertising competition. The ADDY Awards represent the true spirit of creative excellence by recognizing all forms of advertising from media of all types, creative by all sizes and entrants of all levels from anywhere in the world. The American Advertising Federation, a not-for-profit industry association, conducts the ADDY Awards through its 200 member advertising clubs and 15 districts.

For additional information contact:
Ernie Harker
President
8fish
(801) 572-0522
eharker@8fish.com
www.8fish.com

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About 8fish

8fish is an award-winning creative production studio established in 1995. We employ exceptional video editors, producers, directors, animators, designers, and illustrators to create world-class entertainment and effective marketing materials. 8fish is the producer of two reality shows: Maverik Kick Start, already in its second season, and Xtreme Tourist, which will begin airing in October 2009.